Concerns about the security of personal information on the HealthCare.gov website are getting closer attention in Washington, potentially adding to the list of problems with the new federal health-insurance exchange.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, led by Rep. Darrell Issa (R., Calif.), on Thursday subpoenaed information about the website from the Obama administration, including on whether the site was well-protected from hackers.
"The evidence is mounting that the website did not go through proper testing, including critical security testing, and that the administration ignored repeated warnings from contractors about ongoing problems," said Mr. Issa, chairman of the committee.
Critics are citing a government memo from Sept. 27 that showed final security tests of HealthCare.gov weren't completed because the site wasn't ready in time.
HealthCare.gov is an online portal where consumers in 36 states can enter personal information, including Social Security numbers and income data, to enroll in health insurance. The site has been balky for many people and has suffered outages.
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But some security experts say efforts to fix the website with software patches raise concerns.
"We don't know how secure HealthCare.gov is," said Dan Schuyler, former director of technology for Utah's health-insurance exchange, parts of which predate the new law, and a director at the consulting firm Leavitt Partners...Read the full story HERE.
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1 comment:
I think most people are going to end up choosing to pay the fine rather than put their private info onto an exchange that doesn't even begin to hope or care to keep that info safe.
I wouldn't go near the exchange with a 100-foot pole.
-Martha
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